The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-23

reniraiiug upon on point, demur-
str, ting tlo pr cticability o the IL, th-
DDS employed, giving to the rta'e
deep-wtter sctp5rt, aud paving the
way for o her seapoi 1. on the Texas
border az necessity aud dev, lJpm nj
warrants.
Mr Browning -"The object oftLo-c
reso lut'on Is 10 get " Congressional
delegation to settle upon some gwen
point on the ItXas coast for harboT
Improvement, aud 30 move in he d r G.
Giun of practicable results. Texas has
500 miles of coast without harbor
that an ordinary ocean steamer can
enter, aid am informed 10y men bet
ter posted on the subject than nys If,
hat he money heretofore approprla-
4ed TO deepen Texas harbors has been
wasted hy Intellectually dividing il
around on the at, when by con
centrutng it on one harbOr deep
'vatcr could be secured. do net care
whether the commodious h4rbor rhall
be OF Galveston, Corpus Cris,ie or
elsewhere; but We living IN the West
want to have nh harbor on the Tc1a-
coast,so as to secure to uS the III arkci-
able value of our cattle. Apphuse
1t Is too well known to peoll J.. living
III the West lhnt the catt e market OF
the United States Is CONTROL ID by
"lhe Big Four and see no rradier
way OF escaping their q M alton
thAn through Texas hafbor IAp-
plause
Mr.. Brady Of Houston, in moviug
tho adol lion Of tbs resolutions, 4aid
he dld so by the unanimous request
OF the Harris county delegation. He
indors Mr. BrowDing's views on
the iolly OF wasting government AZ
preparations by driblets. instead ol
working to good results. Galvcston
aud llou ton, he said, were pioneers
in the progress of Texas, having
twenty-five years ago inaugurated en-
the coast II railroad system now
piercing ,ho entire sh TO-. From thnt
portion of the state Da aa, Denison,
Waco and san Antonio received
their iir.t railroads. He asked the
convention, as representative body
OF tbs state, 10 cC-oper,ta in securing
for Texas what had been accorded by
the federal government to every
other state iu need of one-a harbor.
Applause
The resolutions, whichN were sec
onded bi several d,lcgatc-. were
adopted unanimously, aud resolu-
ton by General MAXcy, instructing
the secretary TO furnish each mem
Der OF the Texas congressional del, -
CATION u copy of them, was also
adopted,
During recess the immigration com
mittee met at the pail )rs of the Grand
Windsor aud effected temporary or
SanlHatlou by the election of c. J. -.
4. GiddlhEs president, aud Mr. Bryan
l. Barry secrt tary, after which they
had conference with delegation of
railroad officials, who assured the
committee OF the most hearty coop
GRAFTON on the part OF the RI lr, a is
And that they would do their tu /
share of the work. These railroad
officials designated 10 u. IN, Thursday
the 18th inst Tor meeting in the
Merchants Exchange of Dall4s, Of
representatives OF railroads with HE
Immigration comm tee for tho pur-
pose of naming rates which they b.
hevrd would be satisfactory to the
public.
After the conference the commit
tee decided to go into permanent
organization durng the meeting Ut
The Merchants Exchange on the %
instant, and resolved to request the
thirteen tn and fourteenth districts to
send duly accredited In,mbers OF
the committee to the meet ny.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On rc-asscmbling, Judge a. f.
Watts, of Dallas, offered tho following
preamble aud res, lut ons. which were
unanimously adopted;
WHEREAS, Reports al Ike dCtrim-
eutal to our state and unjust TO its
good people are circulate d, aud Kept
silost in ether portions of the United
states and elsewhere, to tho effect
that our people aye opposed to iu-
migration and to tho set lement OF
the state and that they ara not desir
Gus OF settlers coming among them
from certain sections oi our comm Il
country who entertain politicsl views
and opinions different from those
entertained by a majority OF our peo-
Pile; aud
Whereas, Such reports are ur-
founded IN fact, and are being seri-
ousiy used TO our injury, therefore.
be il
Resolved, Thst 8 industrious and
law-abidipg people, without regard
TO section, nationality, religio u-
creeds or politicsl views, including
iaboring men and capitalists, who are
inclined or desirou. OF securing
homes among us, and " ho are willing
TO join with US in developing our
natural resources and building up our
eoihm' stIte, are hereby most cordi-
~ lhyl'ed - come snd dive amol
Us, and that this is extended in the
best OF good faith, and with ,he de
clared assurance that they will each
and Ill receive from the peol !, of
Texas cordial and sincere W, leone.
l'' 1t fnrther resolved that capit, i
ist' iron any and every section and
country are hereby most cOrdi,l.,, i,.